Hammock



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

HAMMQCK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 272,312, dated February 13, 1883.

Application filed January 2, 1883. (No model.)

I0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, of the city of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an elastic or yielding suspension for a hammock, which will afford greater ease and comfort to the occupant or occupants of the hammock.

To'this end the invention consists in the combination, with a hammock, of a spring or springs at the end or ends of the hammock.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a hammock and a suspension ring or device, of a springfir springs arranged between the hammock and said ring or device, and serving to impart the desired degree of elasticity to the suspension. 7

The invention also consists in the combination, with a hammock and a. suspension ring or device, of groups of converging suspensioncords extending from the end of the hammock and a spring or springs placed between the outer ends of said cords and the suspension ring or device.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a hammock, of groups of converging suspension-cords extending from the ends thereof and an elastic stretcher to which the outereuds of said cords are attached, and which is adapted to yield in the direction of the Width of the hammock.

'lh'e'invention also consists in the combination, with a hammock, of an elastic stretcher of novel construction, a suspension ring or device,-'and cords connecting the said stretcher with the hammock and withthesuspension ring or device, as hereinafter described.

In the accom panyin gdrawin gs, Figure lrepresents a plan of the end portion of a hammock embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 rep resents a similar view embodying a modification of my invention.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

A designates the hammock, which may be composed of any woven or other fabric, or of any other suitable material. The hammock shown in Fig. 1 is a double hammock adapted for two occupants, and is or may be provided may be desired, and to each hunch or group of loops 2. suspension-cord, B, is attached. In both forms of ham-mockhere shown the suspension-cords B con verge from the loops a cutward, and in Fig. 1 four groups ot' converging cords are shown; but in- Fig. 2 only two such groups are shown.

Referring now particularly to Fig. 1, C designates an elastic stretcher adapted to yield in the direction of the width of the hammock, and in yieldingto allow the hammock to stretch or lengthen slightly bet-ween its points of suspension. The stretcher here shown consists simply of a piece of wire bent into zigzag form to afl'ord provision for yielding; but it might be constructed in any other way to give itthe necessary elasticity in the direction of the width of the hammock. The suspension-cords B are connected with the angles or bends of the stretcher on one side, and to the other side of the stretcher are connected two or more cords, B,which converge toward and are connected with the suspension ring or device D. The converging-cords B may be arranged in any number of groups, and two or any number of cords B may be used. In Fig. 2 the cords B are arranged in two groups, and are connected tothe two ends of a triangular or V- shaped hanger or device, E, at the apex of which is attached the suspension ring or device D. The weight of a person in the hammock tends to draw the diverging arms or members of the hanger ordevice E toward Although the springs here shown are well placed between the outer ends of said cords adapted for the purpose intended, other forms of springs may be used, and a spring or springs may be employed at either or both ends of the hammock.

Whatl claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a hammock, of a spring or springs at the end or ends thereof, aii'ording a yielding suspension for the hammock, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination, with a hammock and a suspension ring or device, ota springorsprings, arranged or interposed between the hammock and said ring or device, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, with a hammock and a suspension ring or device, of groups of con verging suspensioucords extending from the end of the hammock, and a spring or springs and said suspension ring or device, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination, with a hammock, of groups of converging suspension-cords extending from the end thereof, and an elastic stretchor to which the outer ends ot'said cords are connected, and which is adapted to yield in the direction of the width of the hammock, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination, with the hammock A and suspension ring or device D, of the bentwire elastic stretcher G, cords B B, connecting the said hammock and suspension-ring with opposite sides of the stretcher, substan- 5 tially as and for the purpose described.

I. E. PALMER. "Witnesses:

'FREDK. HAYNES, ED. L. MORAN. 

